diff --git a/Apps/MetaCore/docker-compose.yml b/Apps/MetaCore/docker-compose.yml
index 588683c..95f1512 100644
--- a/Apps/MetaCore/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/Apps/MetaCore/docker-compose.yml
@@ -14,8 +14,14 @@ services:
     # ran at 73-97% of 768m, i.e. one indexing burst away from an OOM kill that
     # takes the record store (and every service reading it) down with it.
     # 1536m puts steady state near 30%.
-    mem_limit: 1536m
-    memswap_limit: 1536m
+    #
+    # Raised 1536m -> 6g (2026-09-30): the record index costs ~40 KB of RAM per
+    # record, and watch.nsl.sh's working set reached 4.8 GiB (tens of
+    # thousands of records). A cap is a ceiling, not a reservation — a small
+    # library still uses a few hundred MB — so a generous one costs nothing
+    # until the library grows into it.
+    mem_limit: 6g
+    memswap_limit: 6g
     hostname: metacore-app
     restart: unless-stopped
     privileged: true
@@ -49,6 +55,12 @@ services:
       # feeders write here over HTTP, so this one mount covers all of them.
       - ${DATA_ROOT:-/DATA}/AppData/metacore/plugin:/files/plugin:rw
 
+      # MetaShare's download cache, read-only. Content fetched over the swarm
+      # lands there; meta-core indexes it (as a watcher POSTed at runtime, not
+      # an env var) so cached items become ordinary local records with a real
+      # filePath. Harmless when MetaShare isn't installed: the dir is empty.
+      - ${DATA_ROOT:-/DATA}/AppData/metashare/data/meta-share/cache:/files/cache:ro
+
     environment:
       - BASE_URL=https://metacore-$APP_DOMAIN
       - TZ=$TZ
diff --git a/Apps/MetaFeederProwlarr/docker-compose.yml b/Apps/MetaFeederProwlarr/docker-compose.yml
index c4bb828..e4c0a5c 100644
--- a/Apps/MetaFeederProwlarr/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/Apps/MetaFeederProwlarr/docker-compose.yml
@@ -44,9 +44,10 @@ services:
     cpu_shares: 30
     container_name: metafeederprowlarr-feeder
     # Hard RAM cap, swap disabled (memswap_limit == mem_limit) → OOM
-    # instead of swap. Mirrors the dev sub-stack limits.
-    mem_limit: 512m
-    memswap_limit: 512m
+    # instead of swap. 512m -> 1g (2026-09-30): the feeder's steady state on
+    # watch.nsl.sh is ~660 MiB (release cache + in-flight torznab pages).
+    mem_limit: 1g
+    memswap_limit: 1g
     hostname: metafeederprowlarr-feeder
     restart: unless-stopped
     user: "0:0"
diff --git a/Apps/MetaGateway/docker-compose.yml b/Apps/MetaGateway/docker-compose.yml
index c390998..482220c 100644
--- a/Apps/MetaGateway/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/Apps/MetaGateway/docker-compose.yml
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ services:
   metagateway-share:
     # 1.0.8 = rsa-enabled libp2p (joins the public IPFS DHT — see metagateway-app)
     # + P2P_ANNOUNCE support so remote peers can dial this bitswap seeder.
-    image: ghcr.io/worph/meta-share:1.0.35
+    image: ghcr.io/worph/meta-share:1.0.36
     container_name: metagateway-share
     # Hard RAM cap, swap disabled (memswap_limit == mem_limit) → OOM
     # instead of swap. Mirrors the dev sub-stack limits.
@@ -163,8 +163,10 @@ services:
     container_name: metagateway-app
     # Hard RAM cap, swap disabled (memswap_limit == mem_limit) → OOM
     # instead of swap. Mirrors the dev sub-stack limits.
-    mem_limit: 1g
-    memswap_limit: 1g
+    # 1g -> 2g (2026-09-30): the DHT-joined dispatcher runs at ~1.2 GiB on
+    # watch.nsl.sh, so the 1g cap was an OOM loop in waiting.
+    mem_limit: 2g
+    memswap_limit: 2g
     hostname: metagateway-app
     restart: unless-stopped
     cpu_shares: 40
@@ -206,6 +208,12 @@ services:
       # peer-id, every provider record it published was stale within seconds —
       # remote peers only ever got "Unexpected peer ID". 128 is the default;
       # raise it only together with the memory limit.
+      # glibc malloc: cap the per-thread arenas and hand freed memory back to
+      # the OS. Without them RSS ratchets upward under a burst of fan-out
+      # queries and never comes down, which is what the cap above then kills.
+      MALLOC_ARENA_MAX: "2"
+      MALLOC_MMAP_THRESHOLD_: "131072"
+      MALLOC_TRIM_THRESHOLD_: "131072"
       META_GATEWAY_MAX_CONNECTIONS: "128"
       META_GATEWAY_P2P_LISTEN: "/ip4/0.0.0.0/tcp/4002"
       # Setting a PUBLIC_ADDR is what flips the gateway out of local/mDNS-only
@@ -287,8 +295,16 @@ services:
       # `PUT /api/gateway/plugins/:id` stay behind AppShield.
       caddy_0.1_handle: "/api/gateway/plugins"
       caddy_0.1_handle.reverse_proxy: "metagateway-app:3000"
-      caddy_0.2_handle: ""
-      caddy_0.2_handle.reverse_proxy: "{{upstreams 80}}"
+      # Content bytes by CID, fetched by REMOTE peers with no session — the
+      # same carve-out MetaShare has always had. meta-read builds cover hint
+      # URLs from a gateway-sourced record's originUrl, i.e. THIS host; behind
+      # AppShield they answered 302 → login and every cover fell back to
+      # cross-internet bitswap. Read-only; settings/search/stats stay gated.
+      # Must stay ahead of the empty catch-all.
+      caddy_0.2_handle: "/api/file/*"
+      caddy_0.2_handle.reverse_proxy: "metagateway-app:3000"
+      caddy_0.3_handle: ""
+      caddy_0.3_handle.reverse_proxy: "{{upstreams 80}}"
 
       # ---- metagateway-IP.nip.io (gateway TLS) ----
       caddy_1: metagateway-${APP_PUBLIC_IP_DASH}.nip.io
@@ -300,8 +316,10 @@ services:
       # `PUT /api/gateway/plugins/:id` stay behind AppShield.
       caddy_1.1_handle: "/api/gateway/plugins"
       caddy_1.1_handle.reverse_proxy: "metagateway-app:3000"
-      caddy_1.2_handle: ""
-      caddy_1.2_handle.reverse_proxy: "{{upstreams 80}}"
+      caddy_1.2_handle: "/api/file/*"
+      caddy_1.2_handle.reverse_proxy: "metagateway-app:3000"
+      caddy_1.3_handle: ""
+      caddy_1.3_handle.reverse_proxy: "{{upstreams 80}}"
 
       # ---- metagateway-IP.sslip.io (Let's Encrypt) ----
       caddy_2: metagateway-${APP_PUBLIC_IP_DASH}.sslip.io
@@ -312,8 +330,10 @@ services:
       # `PUT /api/gateway/plugins/:id` stay behind AppShield.
       caddy_2.1_handle: "/api/gateway/plugins"
       caddy_2.1_handle.reverse_proxy: "metagateway-app:3000"
-      caddy_2.2_handle: ""
-      caddy_2.2_handle.reverse_proxy: "{{upstreams 80}}"
+      caddy_2.2_handle: "/api/file/*"
+      caddy_2.2_handle.reverse_proxy: "metagateway-app:3000"
+      caddy_2.3_handle: ""
+      caddy_2.3_handle.reverse_proxy: "{{upstreams 80}}"
     networks:
       - metagateway
       - pcs
diff --git a/Apps/MetaGatewayShared/docker-compose.yml b/Apps/MetaGatewayShared/docker-compose.yml
index c1946ec..560af53 100644
--- a/Apps/MetaGatewayShared/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/Apps/MetaGatewayShared/docker-compose.yml
@@ -41,8 +41,10 @@ services:
     cpu_shares: 40
     # Hard RAM cap, swap disabled (memswap_limit == mem_limit) → OOM
     # instead of swap. Mirrors the dev sub-stack limits.
-    mem_limit: 1g
-    memswap_limit: 1g
+    # 1g -> 2g (2026-09-30): the DHT-joined dispatcher runs at ~1.2 GiB on
+    # watch.nsl.sh, so the 1g cap was an OOM loop in waiting.
+    mem_limit: 2g
+    memswap_limit: 2g
     expose:
       - 3000
     # Public libp2p listener. This is the peer a remote MetaWatch's meta-search
@@ -94,6 +96,12 @@ services:
       # peer-id, every provider record it published was stale within seconds —
       # remote peers only ever got "Unexpected peer ID". 128 is the default;
       # raise it only together with the memory limit.
+      # glibc malloc: cap the per-thread arenas and hand freed memory back to
+      # the OS. Without them RSS ratchets upward under a burst of fan-out
+      # queries and never comes down, which is what the cap above then kills.
+      MALLOC_ARENA_MAX: "2"
+      MALLOC_MMAP_THRESHOLD_: "131072"
+      MALLOC_TRIM_THRESHOLD_: "131072"
       META_GATEWAY_MAX_CONNECTIONS: "128"
       META_GATEWAY_P2P_LISTEN: "/ip4/0.0.0.0/tcp/4002"
       META_GATEWAY_PUBLIC_ADDR: "/ip4/${APP_PUBLIC_IPV4}/tcp/4002"
@@ -106,7 +114,10 @@ services:
       # ALL — no provider record, no discovery, no gateway fan-out. Observed on
       # watch.nsl.sh 2026-09-01: 2 connections with the four alone, 126 once a
       # reachable fifth was added. Costs nothing when the four work.
-      KAD_BOOTSTRAP_PEERS: "/dns4/sg1.bootstrap.libp2p.io/tcp/4001/p2p/QmcZf59bWwK5XFi76CZX8cbJ4BhTzzA3gU1ZjYZcYW3dwt,/dns4/sv15.bootstrap.libp2p.io/tcp/4001/p2p/QmNnooDu7bfjPFoTZYxMNLWUQJyrVwtbZg5gBMjTezGAJN,/dns4/ny5.bootstrap.libp2p.io/tcp/4001/p2p/QmQCU2EcMqAqQPR2i9bChDtGNJchTbq5TbXJJ16u19uLTa,/dns4/am6.bootstrap.libp2p.io/tcp/4001/p2p/QmbLHAnMoJPWSCR5Zhtx6BHJX9KiKNN6tpvbUcqanj75Nb,/dns4/mars.i.ipfs.io/tcp/4001/p2p/QmaCpDMGvV2BGHeYERUEnRQAwe3N8SzbUtfsmvsqQLuvuJ"
+      # The four trailing /ip4/ peers are long-lived public DHT servers
+      # observed reachable from watch.nsl.sh — more doors in if the
+      # Foundation nodes refuse this IP.
+      KAD_BOOTSTRAP_PEERS: "/dns4/sg1.bootstrap.libp2p.io/tcp/4001/p2p/QmcZf59bWwK5XFi76CZX8cbJ4BhTzzA3gU1ZjYZcYW3dwt,/dns4/sv15.bootstrap.libp2p.io/tcp/4001/p2p/QmNnooDu7bfjPFoTZYxMNLWUQJyrVwtbZg5gBMjTezGAJN,/dns4/ny5.bootstrap.libp2p.io/tcp/4001/p2p/QmQCU2EcMqAqQPR2i9bChDtGNJchTbq5TbXJJ16u19uLTa,/dns4/am6.bootstrap.libp2p.io/tcp/4001/p2p/QmbLHAnMoJPWSCR5Zhtx6BHJX9KiKNN6tpvbUcqanj75Nb,/dns4/mars.i.ipfs.io/tcp/4001/p2p/QmaCpDMGvV2BGHeYERUEnRQAwe3N8SzbUtfsmvsqQLuvuJ,/ip4/88.99.98.148/tcp/4001/p2p/12D3KooWJefeaXhgJGmxzcqFq9twQASbt9Fuc2Ez7MRgrcpt3aLu,/ip4/13.250.82.223/tcp/4001/p2p/12D3KooWCpQsdp1NGcoJr2RT81TpGc4qAiWeUrVwopzjTTYwGaSp,/ip4/159.203.79.101/tcp/4001/p2p/12D3KooWAhMxrbK9DVVsonnXZCxcZkn7Sj9QsseYN7KGZRqwESBp,/ip4/139.18.170.37/tcp/4001/p2p/12D3KooWF65X6XcJRGXpCAViN3CaBAMaTWSuqyoya4ndjHQxdjJu"
       TZ: "$TZ"
     depends_on:
       metagateway-card:
@@ -199,8 +210,16 @@ services:
       # + nzbFetch + nzbIndexers (indexer HOSTNAMES, no API keys).
       caddy_0.1_handle: "/api/gateway/plugins"
       caddy_0.1_handle.reverse_proxy: "metagateway-app:3000"
-      caddy_0.2_handle: ""
-      caddy_0.2_handle.reverse_proxy: "{{upstreams 80}}"
+      # Content bytes by CID, fetched by REMOTE peers with no session — the
+      # same carve-out MetaShare has always had. meta-read builds cover hint
+      # URLs from a gateway-sourced record's originUrl, i.e. THIS host; behind
+      # AppShield they answered 302 → login and every cover fell back to
+      # cross-internet bitswap. Read-only; settings/search/stats stay gated.
+      # Must stay ahead of the empty catch-all.
+      caddy_0.2_handle: "/api/file/*"
+      caddy_0.2_handle.reverse_proxy: "metagateway-app:3000"
+      caddy_0.3_handle: ""
+      caddy_0.3_handle.reverse_proxy: "{{upstreams 80}}"
 
       # ---- metagateway-IP.nip.io (gateway TLS) ----
       caddy_1: metagateway-${APP_PUBLIC_IP_DASH}.nip.io
@@ -215,8 +234,10 @@ services:
       # + nzbFetch + nzbIndexers (indexer HOSTNAMES, no API keys).
       caddy_1.1_handle: "/api/gateway/plugins"
       caddy_1.1_handle.reverse_proxy: "metagateway-app:3000"
-      caddy_1.2_handle: ""
-      caddy_1.2_handle.reverse_proxy: "{{upstreams 80}}"
+      caddy_1.2_handle: "/api/file/*"
+      caddy_1.2_handle.reverse_proxy: "metagateway-app:3000"
+      caddy_1.3_handle: ""
+      caddy_1.3_handle.reverse_proxy: "{{upstreams 80}}"
 
       # ---- metagateway-IP.sslip.io (Let's Encrypt) ----
       caddy_2: metagateway-${APP_PUBLIC_IP_DASH}.sslip.io
@@ -230,8 +251,10 @@ services:
       # + nzbFetch + nzbIndexers (indexer HOSTNAMES, no API keys).
       caddy_2.1_handle: "/api/gateway/plugins"
       caddy_2.1_handle.reverse_proxy: "metagateway-app:3000"
-      caddy_2.2_handle: ""
-      caddy_2.2_handle.reverse_proxy: "{{upstreams 80}}"
+      caddy_2.2_handle: "/api/file/*"
+      caddy_2.2_handle.reverse_proxy: "metagateway-app:3000"
+      caddy_2.3_handle: ""
+      caddy_2.3_handle.reverse_proxy: "{{upstreams 80}}"
 
       icon: https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/Worph/MetaAppStore@main/Apps/MetaGateway/icon.png
     networks:
diff --git a/Apps/MetaRead/docker-compose.yml b/Apps/MetaRead/docker-compose.yml
index 24e0195..24756a5 100644
--- a/Apps/MetaRead/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/Apps/MetaRead/docker-compose.yml
@@ -14,6 +14,11 @@ name: metaread
 #   metaread-share  →  pure content transport (byte Range, bitswap, BT)
 #   metaread-app    →  the reader UI/back-end (behind OIDC)
 #
+# Contrast with `MetaReadShared` in this store, which ships only meta-search and
+# reuses the standalone MetaCore + MetaShare apps (one profile shared with
+# MetaWatch). Pick exactly one: both use compose project `metaread` and the same
+# /DATA/AppData/metaread paths.
+#
 # ⚠ **Distinct libp2p host ports.** MetaWatch already publishes 4003/4004; this
 # stack uses 4005/4006. Two peers cannot share a host port, and the failure is
 # a container that will not start rather than anything subtle — but if you run
@@ -141,7 +146,7 @@ services:
   # that lists correctly and will not open.
   # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
   metaread-share:
-    image: ghcr.io/worph/meta-share:1.0.35
+    image: ghcr.io/worph/meta-share:1.0.36
     container_name: metaread-share
     # Smaller than MetaWatch's 3 GB on purpose: a chapter is tens of megabytes
     # where a film is gigabytes, and this peer never holds a whole video.
@@ -195,6 +200,11 @@ services:
     container_name: metaread-app
     hostname: metaread-app
     restart: unless-stopped
+    # The image's own USER is uid 10001, but the data dir is created as
+    # $PUID:$PGID by x-compose-app `folders`, so the stock user cannot write
+    # library.json, the session key or the tile cache. Pin the runtime uid to
+    # the one that owns the mount, as metawatch-app does.
+    user: "1000:1000"
     cpu_shares: 30
     mem_limit: 512m
     memswap_limit: 512m
diff --git a/Apps/MetaReadShared/docker-compose.yml b/Apps/MetaReadShared/docker-compose.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3a749c1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Apps/MetaReadShared/docker-compose.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,361 @@
+name: metaread
+
+# =============================================================================
+# MetaRead (shared backend) — the READING client for the MetaMesh network.
+#
+# This is the SHARED-BACKEND variant of MetaRead. It ships only its own
+# discovery peer (meta-search) and REUSES the standalone MetaCore and MetaShare
+# apps already installed on the box:
+#
+#   metaread-search →  discovery (Kamilata federated search, identity proxy)
+#                      → talks to the standalone metacore-app over `pcs`
+#   metaread-app    →  the reader UI/back-end
+#                      → streams bytes from the standalone metashare-app
+#
+# One keystore, one User Data Layer, one catalogue, one transport cache, however
+# many clients: a profile is a secp256k1 key in a meta-core keystore, so a
+# per-app core means a per-app identity and a library with nothing in it.
+#
+# Contrast with the `MetaRead` app in this store, which is SELF-CONTAINED (its
+# own metaread-core + metaread-share). Pick exactly one: both use compose
+# project `metaread` and the same /DATA/AppData/metaread paths, so they cannot
+# be installed side by side.
+#
+# Deployed and validated on watch.nsl.sh (2026-09).
+#
+# REQUIRES, on the same box and on the `pcs` network:
+#   - MetaCore  → provides metacore-app (identity keystore + record store)
+#   - MetaShare → provides metashare-app (byte transport for reading)
+# Install those FIRST. Without them MetaRead cannot sign anyone in and cannot
+# open anything.
+#
+# ⚠ **Distinct libp2p host port.** MetaWatch's discovery publishes 4004 and the
+# shared MetaShare publishes 4001; this stack's discovery uses 4006. Two peers
+# cannot share a host port, and the failure is a container that will not start.
+#
+# ── What it needs to actually show you something ─────────────────────────────
+# A client is a window onto the swarm; it holds no catalogue of its own. To see
+# comics you need a gateway peer running the literature feeders:
+#
+#   **MetaFeeder · Suwayomi** — the chapters (and its own work cards), plus
+#   optionally **MetaFeeder · AniList** to name the works. Install them beside
+#   **MetaGateway** and register each feeder in the gateway's config.
+#
+#   **MetaFeeder · Gutenberg** — Project Gutenberg (+ Open Library cards), for
+#   public-domain books.
+#
+# Without either, MetaRead runs perfectly and shows an empty library — which is
+# the honest state of a mesh nobody has fed yet, not a fault.
+# =============================================================================
+
+services:
+  # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+  # metaread-search — DISCOVERY. Federated search (Kamilata Bloom routing), the
+  # gateway fan-out, cover recovery over bitswap, the shared prefs and the User
+  # Data Layer. Public libp2p on host port 4006; mDNS on `pcs` for same-host
+  # peers.
+  #
+  # ⚠ This is the peer that reaches MetaGateway. An empty MetaRead library with
+  # a healthy gateway usually means this peer never joined the DHT — check its
+  # peer count before suspecting the feeders.
+  # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+  metaread-search:
+    image: ghcr.io/worph/meta-search:1.2.6
+    container_name: metaread-search
+    # 2g, not the self-contained listing's 1g: on the shared core it indexes the
+    # gateway box's whole catalogue (~830 MiB steady state on watch.nsl.sh).
+    mem_limit: 2g
+    memswap_limit: 2g
+    hostname: metaread-search
+    restart: unless-stopped
+    user: "0:0"
+    cpu_shares: 30
+    expose:
+      - 3000
+    ports:
+      - "4006:4001"
+    volumes:
+      # No /meta-core mount: this service locates meta-core over UDP
+      # (meta-discovery v1) instead of reading kv-leader.info off a shared
+      # volume. See docs/project-architecture/service-discovery.md.
+      - ${DATA_ROOT:-/DATA}/AppData/metaread/search-data:/data:rw
+    environment:
+      # Distinct from metawatch-search on the same core, so the two discovery
+      # peers do not register under one name.
+      SERVICE_NAME: "metaread-search"
+      META_SEARCH_PUBLIC_URL: "https://metareadsearch-${APP_DOMAIN}"
+      # glibc malloc: cap the per-thread arenas and hand freed memory back to
+      # the OS, so RSS comes down after a fan-out burst.
+      MALLOC_ARENA_MAX: "2"
+      MALLOC_MMAP_THRESHOLD_: "131072"
+      MALLOC_TRIM_THRESHOLD_: "131072"
+      P2P_LISTEN: "/ip4/0.0.0.0/tcp/4001"
+      # ⚠ The IPV4 spelling, never the bare APP_PUBLIC_IP: on an IPv6-primary
+      # PCS that variable holds the v6 address, and `/ip4/<v6>/tcp/...` is not a
+      # parseable multiaddr — the peer REFUSES TO START rather than announce a
+      # lie.
+      PUBLIC_ADDR: "/ip4/${APP_PUBLIC_IPV4}/tcp/4006"
+      # Explicit /dns4/ bootstraps: the nested dnsaddr default resolves to
+      # wss-only in some container resolvers. mars.i.ipfs.io is the only
+      # surviving legacy *.i.ipfs.io bootstrapper and is here for resilience —
+      # the four IPFS-Foundation nodes can refuse an individual IP, and when they
+      # do a peer cannot join the DHT AT ALL (no provider record, no discovery,
+      # no gateway fan-out). Measured on watch.nsl.sh 2026-09-01: 2 connections
+      # with the four alone, 126 once a reachable fifth was added.
+      KAD_BOOTSTRAP_PEERS: "/dns4/sg1.bootstrap.libp2p.io/tcp/4001/p2p/QmcZf59bWwK5XFi76CZX8cbJ4BhTzzA3gU1ZjYZcYW3dwt,/dns4/sv15.bootstrap.libp2p.io/tcp/4001/p2p/QmNnooDu7bfjPFoTZYxMNLWUQJyrVwtbZg5gBMjTezGAJN,/dns4/ny5.bootstrap.libp2p.io/tcp/4001/p2p/QmQCU2EcMqAqQPR2i9bChDtGNJchTbq5TbXJJ16u19uLTa,/dns4/am6.bootstrap.libp2p.io/tcp/4001/p2p/QmbLHAnMoJPWSCR5Zhtx6BHJX9KiKNN6tpvbUcqanj75Nb,/dns4/mars.i.ipfs.io/tcp/4001/p2p/QmaCpDMGvV2BGHeYERUEnRQAwe3N8SzbUtfsmvsqQLuvuJ"
+      META_CORE_URL: "http://metacore-app:80"
+      BASE_URL: "http://metaread-search:3000"
+      INTERNAL_BASE_URL: "http://metaread-search:3000"
+      TZ: "$TZ"
+    healthcheck:
+      test: ["CMD", "curl", "-sf", "http://localhost:3000/health"]
+      interval: 5s
+      timeout: 3s
+      retries: 10
+      start_period: 5s
+    # `pcs` is REQUIRED: without it this peer cannot reach metacore-app, and
+    # sign-in fails ("keystore unreachable") while every container reports
+    # healthy.
+    networks:
+      - metaread
+      - pcs
+
+  # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+  # metaread-app — the reader. Zero page work server-side: a flat Range/206 byte
+  # proxy to the shared metashare-app, with the CBZ/EPUB/PDF decoding done in
+  # the browser. My List, Continue Reading and reading positions live in the
+  # User Data Layer.
+  # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+  metaread-app:
+    image: ghcr.io/worph/meta-read:1.0.8
+    container_name: metaread-app
+    hostname: metaread-app
+    restart: unless-stopped
+    # The image's own USER is the system account `metaread` (uid 10001), but the
+    # data dir is created as $PUID:$PGID by x-compose-app `folders` — so the
+    # stock user cannot write library.json, the session key, the invite book or
+    # the tile cache, and fails with a WARN per row rather than an error. Pin the
+    # runtime uid to the one that owns the mount, as metawatch-app does.
+    user: "1000:1000"
+    cpu_shares: 30
+    mem_limit: 512m
+    memswap_limit: 512m
+    expose:
+      - 3000
+    volumes:
+      - ${DATA_ROOT:-/DATA}/AppData/metaread/data:/app/data
+    environment:
+      BASE_URL: "https://metaread-${APP_DOMAIN}"
+      SERVICE_NAME: "meta-read"
+      META_SHARE_URL: "http://metashare-app:3000"
+      META_SEARCH_URL: "http://metaread-search:3000"
+      # Browser-reachable topbar chips. Transport is the shared MetaShare app
+      # (its own AppShield gate); discovery is this stack's gate below.
+      META_SHARE_PUBLIC_URL: "https://metashare-${APP_DOMAIN}"
+      META_SEARCH_PUBLIC_URL: "https://metareadsearch-${APP_DOMAIN}"
+      TZ: "$TZ"
+    depends_on:
+      metaread-search:
+        condition: service_healthy
+    healthcheck:
+      test: ["CMD", "curl", "-sf", "http://localhost:3000/health"]
+      interval: 5s
+      timeout: 3s
+      retries: 10
+      start_period: 5s
+    # ⚠ No AppShield in front of the reader, on purpose — Caddy talks straight
+    # to :3000, exactly as metawatch-app does. meta-read carries its OWN auth
+    # (secp256k1 keypair, signed challenge, invite-only signup) and gates
+    # deny-by-default. Stacking Authelia on top meant a second login, an OIDC
+    # redirect on every cover fetch (<img src> cannot carry a header), and a
+    # service worker at the mercy of a session cookie. See rationale.md.
+    labels:
+      caddy_0: metaread-${APP_DOMAIN}
+      caddy_0.import: gateway_tls
+      caddy_0.reverse_proxy: "{{upstreams 3000}}"
+
+      caddy_1: metaread-${APP_PUBLIC_IP_DASH}.nip.io
+      caddy_1.import: gateway_tls
+      caddy_1.reverse_proxy: "{{upstreams 3000}}"
+
+      caddy_2: metaread-${APP_PUBLIC_IP_DASH}.sslip.io
+      caddy_2.reverse_proxy: "{{upstreams 3000}}"
+
+      icon: https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/Worph/MetaAppStore@main/Apps/MetaRead/icon.png
+    networks:
+      - metaread
+      - pcs
+
+  # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+  # Gate for the co-located discovery peer, so the reader's meta-search chip
+  # resolves to something a browser can open. Diagnostics only — nothing routes
+  # through it. (Transport is the shared MetaShare app; it has its own.)
+  # `pcs` is REQUIRED — the gate resolves auth-registrar by name there.
+  # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+  metareadsearch:
+    image: ghcr.io/yundera/appshield:2.0.9
+    cpu_shares: 50
+    container_name: metareadsearch
+    hostname: metareadsearch
+    restart: unless-stopped
+    user: "0:0"
+    expose:
+      - 80
+    environment:
+      OIDC_REGISTRAR_URL: "http://auth-registrar:9092"
+      REDIRECT_HOST_SUFFIXES: "${APP_DOMAIN},${APP_PUBLIC_IP_DASH}.nip.io,${APP_PUBLIC_IP_DASH}.sslip.io"
+      BACKEND_HOST: "metaread-search"
+      BACKEND_PORT: "3000"
+      LISTEN_PORT: "80"
+    labels:
+      caddy_0: metareadsearch-${APP_DOMAIN}
+      caddy_0.import: gateway_tls
+      caddy_0.reverse_proxy: "{{upstreams 80}}"
+      caddy_1: metareadsearch-${APP_PUBLIC_IP_DASH}.nip.io
+      caddy_1.import: gateway_tls
+      caddy_1.reverse_proxy: "{{upstreams 80}}"
+      caddy_2: metareadsearch-${APP_PUBLIC_IP_DASH}.sslip.io
+      caddy_2.reverse_proxy: "{{upstreams 80}}"
+    depends_on:
+      - metaread-search
+    networks:
+      - metaread
+      - pcs
+
+networks:
+  metaread:
+    name: metaread
+    driver: bridge
+  pcs:
+    name: ${APP_NET:-pcs}
+    external: true
+
+x-casaos:
+  architectures:
+    - amd64
+    - arm64
+  author: Worph Team
+  category: Media
+  # `needs-public-ip` is the reserved functional tag: this app publishes a raw
+  # libp2p TCP port that remote peers must dial inbound.
+  tags: ["media", "needs-public-ip"]
+  developer: Aptero Team
+  hostname: metaread-${APP_DOMAIN}
+  main: metaread-app
+  port_map: "443"
+  scheme: https
+  index: /
+
+  description:
+    en_us: |
+      **A reading client for the MetaMesh network — comics and manga, books,
+      papers and scanned documents.**
+
+      MetaRead is to reading what **MetaWatch** is to video: a library you browse
+      by *work* rather than by filename. Search returns a grid of covers, a work
+      opens to its chapter or edition list, and a chapter opens in a reader that
+      does the page decoding **in your browser** — the server is a flat byte
+      proxy and never unpacks an archive on your behalf.
+
+      **What it reads.** CBZ and CBR comics, EPUB and PDF books, and the
+      per-page image lists that a manga aggregator serves for a chapter nobody
+      has downloaded yet. Reading direction, page layout and spread are per-work
+      and remembered.
+
+      **Languages.** Pick the languages you read once, in the top bar, and every
+      view honours it — the same preference MetaWatch and the meta-share
+      dashboard already speak. An item that declares no language is always
+      shown: absence means *unknown*, never *not yours*.
+
+      This build is the **shared-backend** variant: it ships only its own
+      discovery (meta-search) and **requires** the standalone MetaCore and
+      MetaShare apps on the same box, which it reuses for identity, state and
+      content transport. One core, one share — no duplicated services, and the
+      same profile as MetaWatch. If you want a stack that bundles everything
+      instead, install **MetaRead**.
+
+      **Requires a feeder to have anything to show:** **MetaFeeder · Suwayomi**
+      (with **MetaFeeder · AniList**) for comics and manga, **MetaFeeder · Gutenberg**
+      for public-domain books. Without one it runs perfectly and shows an empty
+      library — the honest state of a mesh nobody has fed.
+    fr_fr: |
+      **Un client de lecture pour le réseau MetaMesh — BD et manga, livres,
+      articles et documents numérisés.**
+
+      MetaRead est à la lecture ce que **MetaWatch** est à la vidéo : une
+      bibliothèque que l'on parcourt par *œuvre* plutôt que par nom de fichier.
+      Un chapitre s'ouvre dans un lecteur qui décode les pages **dans votre
+      navigateur** — le serveur n'est qu'un relais d'octets.
+
+      Cette version est la variante **backend partagé** : elle n'embarque que
+      sa propre découverte (meta-search) et **nécessite** les apps MetaCore et
+      MetaShare autonomes sur la même machine, qu'elle réutilise pour l'identité,
+      l'état et le transport. Un seul core, un seul share — aucun doublon, et le
+      même profil que MetaWatch.
+
+      **Nécessite un feeder** pour avoir quelque chose à afficher :
+      **MetaFeeder · Suwayomi** (avec **MetaFeeder · AniList**) pour la BD et le manga,
+      **MetaFeeder · Gutenberg** pour les livres du domaine public.
+
+  tagline:
+    en_us: MetaRead reusing the standalone MetaCore + MetaShare apps
+    fr_fr: MetaRead réutilisant les apps MetaCore et MetaShare autonomes
+
+  title:
+    en_us: MetaRead (shared backend)
+
+  icon: https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/Worph/MetaAppStore@main/Apps/MetaRead/icon.png
+  thumbnail: https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/Worph/MetaAppStore@main/Apps/MetaRead/thumbnail.png
+
+  store_app_id: metareadshared
+  is_uncontrolled: false
+
+  tips:
+    before_install:
+      en_us: |
+        **Requires MetaCore + MetaShare.** Install both standalone apps first —
+        this build reuses them instead of bundling its own copies. Only
+        meta-search is local to this stack.
+
+        **Conflicts with `MetaRead`.** Both use the compose project `metaread`
+        and the same data paths. Install one or the other, not both.
+
+        **Ports.** This stack publishes libp2p on host port **4006** (its
+        discovery peer). MetaWatch uses 4004 and the shared MetaShare uses
+        4001 — if you run another Meta* client, keep walking upward.
+
+        **Install order:**
+        1. **MetaGateway** — the peer that runs the feeders and announces what
+           they find.
+        2. **MetaFeeder · Suwayomi** (+ **MetaFeeder · AniList**) and/or
+           **MetaFeeder · Gutenberg**, then register each in the gateway's
+           *Add a feeder* box. Gateway feeder discovery is **startup-only**, so
+           the gateway restarts itself afterwards.
+        3. This app.
+
+        **Authentication:** MetaRead has its **own** sign-in — a profile is a
+        secp256k1 keypair and you prove it by signing a challenge, so the secret
+        key never leaves the browser. There is no Authelia/OIDC layer in front
+        of the reader; creating a profile needs an invite link from an existing
+        user. The profile is the same one MetaWatch uses on this box.
+
+        **An empty library is not a fault.** MetaRead holds no catalogue of its
+        own. If the grid is empty, the question is whether a feeder is attached
+        and whether this stack's discovery peer has joined the DHT — the
+        *meta-search* chip in the top bar shows its peer count.
+
+# Maison (Yundera dashboard) configuration. Read in preference to x-casaos.
+# schema_version 2 is required for `folders`: an older Maison refuses the app
+# outright rather than starting it without its directories.
+x-compose-app:
+  schema_version: 2
+  folders:
+    - path: /DATA/AppData/metaread/data
+      user: $PUID
+      group: $PGID
+    - path: /DATA/AppData/metaread/search-data
+      user: $PUID
+      group: $PGID
+  # Same string as the caddy_0 label, so the tile link and the route agree.
+  webui-host: metaread-${domain}
+  webui-path: "/"
diff --git a/Apps/MetaReadShared/rationale.md b/Apps/MetaReadShared/rationale.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c05545b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Apps/MetaReadShared/rationale.md
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+# MetaRead (shared backend) — Rationale
+
+## What deviation / exception is being requested
+
+1. `metaread-app` is **publicly routed with no AppShield sidecar**. It carries the
+   `caddy_*` labels itself.
+2. `metaread-search` runs `user: 0:0` and publishes host port `4006/tcp` (libp2p).
+3. The compose top-level `name:` is `metaread`, the same project id as the self-contained
+   `MetaRead` app in this store.
+
+## Why it is necessary
+
+1. meta-read has its **own** authentication: a secp256k1 keypair proven by signing a
+   challenge, with invite-only signup. Its router gates deny-by-default: a route not in
+   `open_routes()` answers 401. The open set is `/health`, `/api/config`, the
+   challenge/token pair, `/api/invite/check/:token` and `/api/image/:cid`. That is the "app's
+   own built-in auth" alternative the security checklist accepts. AppShield in front added a
+   second login and an OIDC redirect on every cover fetch, because `<img src>` cannot carry
+   an Authorization header. It also left the service worker's offline cache at the mercy of
+   a session cookie.
+2. libp2p is not HTTP. Caddy cannot proxy it, and remote peers dial the advertised
+   multiaddr directly, so the port must be published and reachable inbound. The app carries
+   the reserved `needs-public-ip` tag.
+3. The two MetaRead variants are alternatives, not companions. They share the project id
+   and the same `/DATA/AppData/metaread/` paths, so installing one over the other reuses the
+   same data. Only one may be installed at a time.
+
+## Security mitigations in place
+
+- meta-read's signature-challenge login is on by default, and signup is invite-only, so a
+  stranger reaching the public hostname cannot create an account.
+- The `metaread-search` dashboard *is* behind an AppShield sidecar
+  (`ghcr.io/yundera/appshield:2.0.9`) with Authelia SSO; only the reader itself uses its own
+  gate.
+- `metaread-app` runs unprivileged as `1000:1000` with a 512 MB hard memory cap and swap
+  disabled.
+- The only published port is raw libp2p TCP; no HTTP port is published to the host.
+- No user directories are mounted: no `/DATA/Documents`, `/DATA/Downloads`, `/DATA/Media`
+  or `/DATA/Gallery`.
+- `cpu_shares` on every service; image tags pinned.
+
+## Alternatives considered and rejected
+
+- **AppShield in front of `metaread-app`.** Two identities for one user, plus the cover and
+  service-worker costs above.
+- **Bundle a private MetaCore/MetaShare.** That is the self-contained `MetaRead` app. On a
+  box that already runs them, it doubles the memory footprint. It also gives the reader an
+  identity, a User Data Layer and a catalogue separate from MetaWatch's on the same box.
+- **A distinct project id so both variants coexist.** They would fight over the same public
+  hostnames, the same `/DATA/AppData/metaread/` paths and host port 4006.
+
+## Data protection
+
+My List, Continue Reading, the session key and the invite book persist in
+`/DATA/AppData/metaread/data`. The recovered cover blockstore and language prefs persist in
+`/DATA/AppData/metaread/search-data`. Both are declared in `x-compose-app.folders` and
+archived by Maison on uninstall. Because both MetaRead variants use those paths, switching
+between them keeps the user's data. The MetaCore and MetaShare state this variant reads
+belongs to those apps and is archived with them.
diff --git a/Apps/MetaShare/docker-compose.yml b/Apps/MetaShare/docker-compose.yml
index e86dfe2..927ff74 100644
--- a/Apps/MetaShare/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/Apps/MetaShare/docker-compose.yml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ services:
     # RSA-keyed; without `rsa` the noise handshake fails and this peer never
     # actually reaches the DHT) + PUBLIC_ADDR support so remote archivists can
     # dial this seeder.
-    image: ghcr.io/worph/meta-share:1.0.35
+    image: ghcr.io/worph/meta-share:1.0.36
     container_name: metashare-app
     # Hard RAM cap, swap disabled (memswap_limit == mem_limit) → OOM
     # instead of swap. Mirrors the dev sub-stack limits.
diff --git a/Apps/MetaSort/docker-compose.yml b/Apps/MetaSort/docker-compose.yml
index fbcb494..f96a152 100644
--- a/Apps/MetaSort/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/Apps/MetaSort/docker-compose.yml
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ services:
     hostname: metasort-app
     restart: unless-stopped
     cpu_shares: 20
+    mem_limit: 2g
+    memswap_limit: 2g
 
     expose:
       - 80
@@ -26,6 +28,17 @@ services:
       # Docker socket for container plugin management
       - /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock:ro
 
+      # Config files from this app's seed tree (Apps/MetaSort/seed/config/),
+      # which Maison writes only when absent — an operator's edits survive
+      # updates. The image ships no plugins.yml, so without it a stock install
+      # spawns ZERO plugins; the supervisord override drops the image's bundled
+      # follower meta-core, which restart-loops against the standalone MetaCore
+      # app; the nginx conf is the image's stock one, mounted so a box can tune
+      # it (watch.nsl.sh 503s /api/stats, which sweeps every record).
+      - ${DATA_ROOT:-/DATA}/AppData/metasort/config/plugins.yml:/app/plugins.yml:ro
+      - ${DATA_ROOT:-/DATA}/AppData/metasort/config/supervisord-metasort.conf:/etc/supervisor/conf.d/supervisord.conf:ro
+      - ${DATA_ROOT:-/DATA}/AppData/metasort/config/nginx-metasort.conf:/etc/nginx/nginx.conf:ro
+
     # Note: no /files mounts — files are accessed via WebDAV from MetaCore
     # (Architecture V3). MetaCore is the single source of truth for media files.
 
@@ -41,6 +54,13 @@ services:
       # Container plugin configuration
       - CONTAINER_CALLBACK_URL=http://metasort-app/api/plugins/callback
       - CONTAINER_NETWORK=pcs
+      # meta-core URL handed to plugin containers. Port 3000, not 80: the baked
+      # nginx has no /meta/ location, so plugin writes through :80 would 404.
+      # (The code default, http://meta-sort, names no host on this network.)
+      - CONTAINER_META_CORE_URL=http://metasort-app:3000
+      # Compose project label stamped on the plugin containers meta-sort spawns,
+      # so they group under one stack instead of floating loose.
+      - PLUGIN_STACK_NAME=metasort-plugins
 
     # Note: Runs as root for nginx, Redis, and file management
     user: 0:0
diff --git a/Apps/MetaSort/seed/config/nginx-metasort.conf b/Apps/MetaSort/seed/config/nginx-metasort.conf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2156770
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Apps/MetaSort/seed/config/nginx-metasort.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
+worker_processes auto;
+error_log /var/log/nginx/error.log warn;
+pid /var/run/nginx.pid;
+
+events {
+    worker_connections 1024;
+}
+
+http {
+    include /etc/nginx/mime.types;
+    default_type application/octet-stream;
+
+    log_format main '$remote_addr - $remote_user [$time_local] "$request" '
+                    '$status $body_bytes_sent "$http_referer" '
+                    '"$http_user_agent"';
+
+    access_log /var/log/nginx/access.log main;
+
+    sendfile on;
+    tcp_nopush on;
+    keepalive_timeout 65;
+    gzip on;
+    gzip_types text/plain text/css application/json application/javascript text/xml application/xml;
+
+    # Upstream servers
+    upstream api {
+        server 127.0.0.1:3000;
+    }
+
+    upstream rclone {
+        server 127.0.0.1:5572;
+    }
+
+    server {
+        listen 80;
+        server_name _;
+
+        # Static files (UI)
+        root /app/ui;
+        index index.html;
+
+        # SPA routing - serve index.html for any non-file request
+        location / {
+            try_files $uri $uri/ /index.html;
+        }
+
+        # API routes
+        location /api/ {
+            proxy_pass http://api;
+            proxy_http_version 1.1;
+            proxy_set_header Host $host;
+            proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
+            proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
+            proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Proto $scheme;
+        }
+
+        # Health check (direct to API)
+        location /health {
+            proxy_pass http://api/health;
+            proxy_http_version 1.1;
+            proxy_set_header Host $host;
+        }
+
+        # rclone web UI
+        location /rclone/ {
+            proxy_pass http://rclone/;
+            proxy_http_version 1.1;
+            proxy_set_header Host $host;
+            proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
+            proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
+            proxy_set_header Upgrade $http_upgrade;
+            proxy_set_header Connection "upgrade";
+
+            # Basic auth for rclone
+            auth_basic "rclone";
+            auth_basic_user_file /etc/nginx/.htpasswd;
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/Apps/MetaSort/seed/config/plugins.yml b/Apps/MetaSort/seed/config/plugins.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..eebd545
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Apps/MetaSort/seed/config/plugins.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+# Container plugins meta-sort spawns. Read at startup only: restart
+# metasort-app after editing.
+#
+# Not enabled by default: tmdb and filename-parser (cache filenames are content
+# hashes, so a parsed filename would overwrite a gateway record's better
+# identity) and full-hash (reads a multi-GB file end to end on the peer that
+# is streaming it).
+
+defaults:
+  resources:
+    memory: 256m
+    cpus: 0.5
+  timeout: 60000
+
+plugins:
+  file-info:
+    enabled: true
+    image: ghcr.io/worph/metamesh-plugin-file-info:1.0.1
+    instances: 1
+    resources:
+      memory: 128m
+      cpus: 0.25
+
+  ffmpeg:
+    enabled: true
+    image: ghcr.io/worph/metamesh-plugin-ffmpeg:1.0.0
+    instances: 1
+    resources:
+      memory: 512m
+      cpus: 1.0
+
+  subtitle:
+    enabled: true
+    image: ghcr.io/worph/metamesh-plugin-subtitle:1.0.1
+    instances: 1
+    resources:
+      memory: 128m
+      cpus: 0.25
+
+  subtitle-extractor:
+    enabled: true
+    image: ghcr.io/worph/metamesh-plugin-subtitle-extractor:1.0.1
+    instances: 1
+    resources:
+      memory: 512m
+      cpus: 1.0
+    timeout: 300000  # one full sequential read of the video over WebDAV
+
+  still-extractor:
+    enabled: true
+    image: ghcr.io/worph/metamesh-plugin-still-extractor:1.0.1
+    instances: 1
+    resources:
+      memory: 512m
+      cpus: 1.0
+    timeout: 300000  # one HTTP seek + decode per candidate offset
diff --git a/Apps/MetaSort/seed/config/supervisord-metasort.conf b/Apps/MetaSort/seed/config/supervisord-metasort.conf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5e69bcf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Apps/MetaSort/seed/config/supervisord-metasort.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+# meta-sort image supervisord.conf with [program:meta-core] removed: the
+# bundled follower core restart-loops against the standalone MetaCore app.
+
+[supervisord]
+nodaemon=true
+user=root
+logfile=/var/log/supervisor/supervisord.log
+pidfile=/var/run/supervisord.pid
+loglevel=info
+
+[program:nginx]
+command=/usr/sbin/nginx -g "daemon off;"
+priority=20
+autostart=true
+autorestart=true
+stdout_logfile=/var/log/supervisor/nginx.log
+stderr_logfile=/var/log/supervisor/nginx_error.log
+startsecs=2
+
+[program:rclone]
+command=/usr/bin/rclone rcd --rc-web-gui --rc-web-gui-no-open-browser --rc-addr=:5572 --rc-user=admin --rc-pass=admin
+priority=30
+autostart=true
+autorestart=true
+stdout_logfile=/var/log/supervisor/rclone.log
+stderr_logfile=/var/log/supervisor/rclone_error.log
+startsecs=3
+
+[program:meta-sort]
+command=/usr/bin/node /app/backend/dist/index.js
+directory=/app/backend
+priority=40
+autostart=true
+autorestart=true
+stdout_logfile=/dev/stdout
+stdout_logfile_maxbytes=0
+stderr_logfile=/dev/stderr
+stderr_logfile_maxbytes=0
+startsecs=5
+environment=
+    REDIS_URL="redis://127.0.0.1:6379",
+    REDIS_PREFIX="",
+    API_HOST="0.0.0.0",
+    API_PORT="3000"
diff --git a/Apps/MetaWatch/docker-compose.yml b/Apps/MetaWatch/docker-compose.yml
index b471764..bcf85d3 100644
--- a/Apps/MetaWatch/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/Apps/MetaWatch/docker-compose.yml
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ services:
     # the 1.0.8 floor: rsa-enabled libp2p (joins the public IPFS DHT) +
     # P2P_ANNOUNCE so remote peers can dial this transport peer to fetch the
     # bytes it seeds (fetch-implies-seed). Without rsa it never reaches the DHT.
-    image: ghcr.io/worph/meta-share:1.0.35
+    image: ghcr.io/worph/meta-share:1.0.36
     container_name: metawatch-share
     # Hard RAM cap, swap disabled (memswap_limit == mem_limit) → OOM
     # instead of swap. Mirrors the dev sub-stack limits.
@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ services:
   # My List + Continue Watching persist in /DATA/AppData/metawatch/data.
   # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
   metawatch-app:
-    image: ghcr.io/worph/meta-watch:1.0.67
+    image: ghcr.io/worph/meta-watch:1.0.68
     container_name: metawatch-app
     hostname: metawatch-app
     restart: unless-stopped
diff --git a/Apps/MetaWatchShared/docker-compose.yml b/Apps/MetaWatchShared/docker-compose.yml
index 92efa42..34494fa 100644
--- a/Apps/MetaWatchShared/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/Apps/MetaWatchShared/docker-compose.yml
@@ -86,6 +86,10 @@ services:
       # The standalone MetaCore app. Port 80 is its hash-lock/appshield-free
       # backend port on `pcs` — NOT 9000 (that is the self-contained variant's
       # private core).
+      # Distinct from metaread-search on the same core, so the two discovery
+      # peers do not register under one name.
+      SERVICE_NAME: "metawatch-search"
+      META_SEARCH_PUBLIC_URL: "https://metawatchsearch-${APP_DOMAIN}"
       META_CORE_URL: "http://metacore-app:80"
       BASE_URL: "http://metawatch-search:3000"
       INTERNAL_BASE_URL: "http://metawatch-search:3000"
@@ -111,7 +115,7 @@ services:
   # owns the caddy_* labels directly and Caddy proxies straight to :3000.
   # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
   metawatch-app:
-    image: ghcr.io/worph/meta-watch:1.0.67
+    image: ghcr.io/worph/meta-watch:1.0.68
     container_name: metawatch-app
     hostname: metawatch-app
     restart: unless-stopped
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index f823944..bc815d2 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ https://github.com/Worph/MetaAppStore/archive/refs/heads/main.zip
 | Core | `MetaCore` (leader election, Redis, WebDAV) |
 | Library | `MetaSort`, `MetaFuse`, `MetaStremio` |
 | Network | `MetaShare` (content transport), `MetaGateway`, `MetaGatewayShared` |
-| Clients | `MetaWatch`, `MetaWatchShared`, `MetaRead` |
+| Clients | `MetaWatch`, `MetaWatchShared`, `MetaRead`, `MetaReadShared` |
 | Feeders | `MetaFeederAniList`, `MetaFeederArxiv`, `MetaFeederEuropePMC`, `MetaFeederGiphy`, `MetaFeederGutenberg`, `MetaFeederInternetArchive`, `MetaFeederJamendo`, `MetaFeederMusicBrainz`, `MetaFeederOpenSubtitles`, `MetaFeederProwlarr`, `MetaFeederSciHub`, `MetaFeederSuwayomi`, `MetaFeederTMDB`, `MetaFeederTribler`, `MetaFeederUsenet`, `MetaFeederWikiCommons`, `MetaFeederYouTube` |
 | Plugins | `MetaPluginAnimeDetector`, `MetaPluginFFmpeg`, `MetaPluginFileInfo`, `MetaPluginFilenameParser`, `MetaPluginFullHash`, `MetaPluginJellyfinNFO`, `MetaPluginLanguage`, `MetaPluginOpenSubtitles`, `MetaPluginStillExtractor`, `MetaPluginSubtitle`, `MetaPluginSubtitleExtractor`, `MetaPluginTMDB` — headless enrichment workers, one per `metamesh-plugin-*` image |